October 2014

The 9 credit rule: A look at its impact on academic advising for intercollegiate football athletes

The purpose of this exploratory study was to examine the impact the NCAA’s 2011 9 Credit Rule would have on football academic advising strategies. The legislation requires players to earn nine credit hours in every fall term or be suspended for the first four games the following season. For this study, a survey was distributed to Football Academic Advisors at NCAA Division I institutions. Subjects were asked if...

Author(s): Joshua Castle, Robin Ammon and Les Myers